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[deadmeat30]

hey all, with my lasius niger doing so well, im going to start to research my next colony. ive been looking at Temnothorax nylanderi, they sound so interesting. trying to find some more infomation on the internet but not much luck, if anyone has a colony ill be very interested to hearing from them.

as it reads in antstore, they generally have a colony of around 200 worker, and live on the ground, would this mean they could live on an island formicarium?

thanks, Alan

[JimmyVe]

Hi Alan, i myself don't keep them but i know someone who does.
They are very small and, like you sad, the colony only grows up to 200 workers. In the wild they live sometimes in a fruit of an oak (don't know the English word for it. )

I guess you can keep them in an Island farm.

[deadmeat30]

thats great, guess i found my next colony to order. heh.

@JimmyVe: would you be able to get some pictures of the person you know set up of the colony?

thanks Alan

[JimmyVe]

@ willi461: Someone from the dutch forum (he sometimes comes to this one to 'Menph')

@ Alan: i shall ask him, but I'm not sure he has pictures from it. I know he has them but not for long i think from last year.

[deadmeat30]

thanks Jimmy, any help will be great! once i get some money, ill place my order for them!

Alan

[Sced]

I've seen pictures of them living in a y-tong nest, so If you wanna see there nest activity I'd put them in one.

[deadmeat30]

where the pictures online? if so whats the link?

a y-tong nest could be intereting

Alan

[Sced]

Yeah, I found out it wasnt y-tong but some sort of plaster? Im not too sure, try and decide for yourself.

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[deadmeat30]

yeah looks like plaster that does. does look cool seeing inside the nest. ill figure something out anyway, might make a mini cork nest! could work quite well.

Alan

[R3dFox]

By the looks of it this display would be perfect for your T.N



Saw it in the store on here. So you could proberly make one for cheaper, but at least gives you a good design idea?

[deadmeat30]

yeah does look good, but i want it opened topped. a cork one would be easy enough, then just place it within the island

thanks for the idea, Alan

[mpir]

I think I have this Temno/Leptothorax at home. I say I think, because I'm not sure. They were found in nature so...
Anyways... this ants are so small... so very small... so unbelievable small that I spent so much time fixing the formicarium becuase even the smalles hole was big enough for them to escape. Otherwise, very passive ants. At least this mine. I try to keep the ytong moist but I noticed that they stayed in the driest part of it, so now I don't water it so much. Nevertheless, this ants are very nice. Colorful, small, interesting they've kind of grown on me.

[deadmeat30]

yeah, im thinking of a small cork formicarium that ill place on my island. im deciding which to do. my temnothorax nylanderi on the island, or the lasius flavus in an appartment with oasis in.

thanks for the info there mpir

Alan

[JimmyVe]

They are in deed very small. And i red somewhere that they like it dry (like mpir sad) so maybe a cork nest would work out just fine.

[deadmeat30]

yeah i can see them being very interesting, im split down the middle on these 2 ant colonys, very interested in trying oasis though.

Alan